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5G technologies are envisaged supporting novel use-cases for vertical industries. All the verticals, however, originate numerous use scenarios with different needs that 5G networks have to sustain effectively in the future. At present, “network slicing” is the key research direction that has attracted a lot of attention and we therefore focus on the 5G network slicing security in the following. First, we introduce the technical background and architecture of 5G, explain the architecture of SDN/NFV and the threats to information security, and discuss the privacy of 5G. Besides spotlighting “Network Slicing Security,” including inter-slice and intra-slice security threats and harmonized resource between inter-domain slice segments, the final part also mentions security risks related to 5G network slicing and corresponding solutions identified by 3GPP.
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Wu, TY., Jie, T.F. (2022). 5G Network Slicing Security. In: Nicopolitidis, P., Misra, S., Yang, L.T., Zeigler, B., Ning, Z. (eds) Advances in Computing, Informatics, Networking and Cybersecurity. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 289. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87049-2_28
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